But by 2007, cattle grazing in the area had been abandoned and the forest began to come back.

不过在2007年之前，放牧已经在该区域被禁止，所以森林开始有了恢复的迹象。

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As the population soared, more and more forest was cut down to increase farm and grazing land.

随着人口激增，越来越多的森林被砍倒后变成农田和牧场。

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For 1,300 years the treasure lay undisturbed, and eventually the landscape evolved from forest clearing to grazing pasture to working field.

在过去的1300多年中，宝藏安然的在地底沉睡，终于在地形改变的时候浮出水面，森林中那块牧场要改建成为农田。

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Growing crops to feed animals requires a lot more land, energy and fertilizer than growing them to feed people, he says: 70% of the land that was once Amazon rain forest is dedicated to grazing.

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The National Forest Service, from which many ranchers rent grazing land, may require them to graze fewer cattle, in order to encourage native grasses and wildlife.

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Now, at 43, he and his wife, Julie , have bought two ranches in southwest Montana-the 1, 800-acre Beaverhead Ranch, with 5 miles of the Beaverhead River running through it, and the 2, 000-acre Big Hole Ranch, which rises 1, 500 feet from the Big Hole River up to grazing land for a herd of 400 elk that borders a national forest.

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